Home : News : State Partnership Program
Results:
Category: Guard News

Texas Army National Guard doctor closes file on his last Operation Lone Star mission
August 27, 2013
Army Col. Arnold "Skip" Jones, with Medical Command, 71st Troop Command, Texas Army National Guard, passes on medical advice to a patient during Operation Lone Star in Laredo, Texas. Operation Lone Star is a weeklong, real-time large scale emergency preparedness exercise that provides medical services and disaster recovery training to state agencies and personnel while addressing the medical needs of thousands of under-served Texas residents in the South Texas border region.

Iowa National Guard member 'felt like treasure hunter' after finding box of World War II memories
August 23, 2013
Pvt. Nathan Swaim, Capt. George Mosby, Darra Kennedy and Linda King with the box of World War II memorabilia found recently during a park cleanup.

On 40th anniversary, Air National Guard MAFFS crews busy fighting wildfires
August 23, 2013
MAFFS 6, a C130J from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a line of retardant over the trees in the mountains above Palm Springs July 19, 2013. The 146th Airlift Wing was activated July 18 to support CAL Fire and CAL OES on the Mountain fire and other potential wildfire activity throughout the state.

Air National Guard civil engineers team up to move radar equipment
August 22, 2013
Part of a radar installation in Antigua. Air National Guard specialists are involved in relocating some of the equipment.

Chiefs: National Guard, reserves should remain strong, operational
August 22, 2013
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participates in the Reserve chiefs panel at the Reserve Officers Association National Security Symposium, Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2013.

Air Force announces PT test enhancements to start Oct. 1
August 21, 2013
Airmen attending the NCO Academy Class 13-4 participate in group physical training at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, March 4, 2013.

Michigan Air Guard sergeant combines love of music with military career
August 21, 2013
Staff Sgt. Alissa Hannah, a command post controller with the 127th Wing Command Post at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., is an accomplished viola player. She periodically combines her musical abilities with her military career, on occasion performing the National Anthem for local military retirement ceremonies.

Bulgarian flyers complete military leadership program in Tennessee
August 21, 2013
Bulgarian Air Force Sgt. Yordanka S. Petrova-Angelova, left, talks with Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Traugot, August 15, 2013, at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. Petrova-Angelova graduated from the U.S. Air Force NCO Academy along with Bulgarian Cpl. Stoyko V. Stoykov, who attended Airman Leadership School at around the same time.

Florida National Guard members exchange knowledge with counterparts in Antigua
August 21, 2013
Army Sgt. 1st Class Calvin Allen, a facilitator with the Florida Army National Guard's 211th Regiment, shares his knowledge of non-verbal communication techniques, in St. John's, Antigua, Aug. 15, 2013. The seminar is part of the on-going Florida National Guard's State Partnership Program Exchange and is intended to help the process of further developing junior noncommissioned officers within the ABDF and the Antigua Police Force.

California National Guard air resources battle wildfires
August 20, 2013
MAFFS 6, a C130J from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a line of retardant over the trees in the mountains above Palm Springs July 19, 2013. The 146th Airlift Wing was activated July 18 to support CAL Fire and CAL OES on the Mountain fire and other potential wildfire activity throughout the state.